The Need for Improved Therapeutic Approaches to Protect the Cornea Against Chemotoxic Injuries

Cornea, a highly specialized transparent tissue, is the major refractive element of the eye. The cornea is highly susceptible to chemotoxic injury through topical exposure to vapors, microparticles, and aqueous drops, as well as through systemically absorbed chemicals that access the cornea via tear film, aqueous humor, and limbal vasculature. Corneal injury activates a carefully orchestrated series of repair processes capable of resolving minor...